Nikos Boudouris


Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player.

Early career

Boudouris started his basketball career with the youth team of Olympiacos Volou. In 1989, he moved to PAOK Thessaloníki, at the age of 18.

Professional career

While playing with PAOK, Boudouris won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1991, the Korać Cup in 1994, the Greek League championship in 1992, and the Greek Cup title in 1995. Boudouris was also a 2 time European Cup finalist, in the years 1992 and 1996, while with PAOK. In 1998, he moved to Panathinaikos, and won the EuroLeague championship with them, in the year 2000. He also won 2 Greek League championships with Panathinaikos.
In 2000, he moved to Olympiacos, and with them he won the Greek Cup in 2002. In 2003, he played with Makedonikos, and in 2004, he moved on to Maroussi. While playing with Maroussi, he helped to lead the team to the second-place position in the Greek League's regular season in 2005, and he was also a Greek Cup finalist with Maroussi in 2006. In 2008, he announced his retirement from playing professional club basketball.

National team career

As a member of the senior men's Greek national team, Boudouris was on the Greek team that finished in the fourth-place position at both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship. He also played with Greece at the 1997 EuroBasket, where they finished in 4th place, and at the 1999 EuroBasket.

Post-playing career

Before the 2008–09 season, Boudouris was hired as the technical manager of PAOK Thessaloniki.